The corpus record — Latin

aedificatio

aedificatio · f

the act of building

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Where it lives

De Paenitentia 1 · 2.45/10k
De Patientia 1 · 2.21/10k
De Corona 1 · 2.06/10k
De Cultu Feminarum 1 · 1.95/10k
De Architectura 9 · 1.56/10k
Letters to and from Quintus 2 · 1.09/10k
Mostellaria 1 · 1.04/10k
In L. Calpurnium Pisonem 1 · 0.92/10k
Miles Gloriosus 1 · 0.79/10k
Epistulae ad Familiares 7 · 0.6/10k
De Republica 1 · 0.46/10k
De Carnis Resurrectione 1 · 0.44/10k

Densest 12 of 21 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

aedĭfĭcātĭo — Lewis & Short

aedĭfĭcātĭo, ōnis, f.aedifico.

I Abstr., the act of building, a building or constructing.

(a) Absol.: si ad horum luxuriam dirigas aedificationem, Varr. R. R. 1, 13: immensa et intolerabilis, Cic. Pis. 21; so id. Q. Fr. 2, 2; Vulg. 2 Para. 16, 6.—

(b) With gen.: urbium, Vulg. Judith, 5, 10.—

II Concr., a building, a structure, edifice, Cato ap. Gell. 13, 23: domum tuam et aedificationem omnem perspexi, Cic. Fam. 5, 6: aedificationes templi, Vulg. Matt. 24, 1.—

III Fig., building up, instructing, edification.

(a) Absol.: loquitur ad aedificationem, Vulg. 1 Cor. 14, 3; 14, 26.—

(b) With gen.: ad aedificationem Ecclesiae, Vulg. 1 Cor. 14, 12; ib. Eph. 4, 12.

Where it came from

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